From: broehl@sunee.waterloo.edu (Bernie Roehl)
Subject: Re: MISC: clueless (I don't THINK so, but...)
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1992 03:25:04 GMT
Message-ID: <Bqqs5s.G2q@watserv1.waterloo.edu>
Organization: University of Waterloo


In article <1992Jul1.030141.23604@u.washington.edu> mrs@netcom.com (Morgan Schweers) writes:
>    I'm confused.  In a 3d setting, isn't the 'expanded icon' concept
>a far superior paradigm than menus?

I don't think you're confused.  Or at least if you are, you're in good
company.

"Menus" are inherently 2D, and VR is inherently 3D.

I believe objects in a VR should respond to messages; there's no need to
distinguish special "menu" or "icon" objects -- they're just plain old
objects whose action routines do specific things when you manipulate the
object itself.

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